I know music better than movies. Periodically, music all starts to sound the same, largely because it has become incestuously derivative. But whenever that happens, the music scene renews itself by returning to its roots. In America, that means the blues and British/Appalachian folk music.
George Martin and the Beatles introduced amazing …
I know music better than movies. Periodically, music all starts to sound the same, largely because it has become incestuously derivative. But whenever that happens, the music scene renews itself by returning to its roots. In America, that means the blues and British/Appalachian folk music.
George Martin and the Beatles introduced amazing new studio technology, which revolutionized music. It has now become normal and commonplace, and it no longer feels innovative. But other people continued performing and listening to blues and folk, so that reservoir of tradition was still there to draw on. I suspect that movies will be okay as long as somebody preserves and continues the older methods.
My friend Mike worked for years as a self-taught commercial artist, working for newspapers. Eventually, he went to college to study art formally. He experimented with old-fashioned techniques like egg tempera, casein, and natural pigments. His professors were curious and interested in what he was doing because they had never been taught any of that. Maybe it is possible to revive older artistic techniques even when they have passed out of common use, as long as they are well documented.
I know music better than movies. Periodically, music all starts to sound the same, largely because it has become incestuously derivative. But whenever that happens, the music scene renews itself by returning to its roots. In America, that means the blues and British/Appalachian folk music.
George Martin and the Beatles introduced amazing new studio technology, which revolutionized music. It has now become normal and commonplace, and it no longer feels innovative. But other people continued performing and listening to blues and folk, so that reservoir of tradition was still there to draw on. I suspect that movies will be okay as long as somebody preserves and continues the older methods.
My friend Mike worked for years as a self-taught commercial artist, working for newspapers. Eventually, he went to college to study art formally. He experimented with old-fashioned techniques like egg tempera, casein, and natural pigments. His professors were curious and interested in what he was doing because they had never been taught any of that. Maybe it is possible to revive older artistic techniques even when they have passed out of common use, as long as they are well documented.